Overthinking I have a small head, which is surprising when you consider how much thinking goes on in it. If brains were like biceps, I’d need a coracle for a hat. Not an oracle, though that might be more allegorical. When I need to know the answer – the right answer – instead of the […]
Library lust – 100 words
Library lust When you yearn, the only thing to do is find a book – a neatly-bound portal – that you can open and dive into. Leaping, not looking to breath in your longing and gaze at things you lack like vitamins in your famine. Pale, starving, it’s time to turn the pages, and turn, […]
Quibblings – 100 words
Quibblings There are many things they don’t tell you when you share your happy news, like the way the love hits you like a punch while the responsibility is terrifying, that privacy is a thing of the past, and one day you will be That parent, no matter what you promise. But they never mention […]
Taking Control of Your Health This Year
It’s a new year, so it’s time for a fresh start. If you’re looking to take control of your health this year, there are a few things you can do to set yourself up for success. From small changes like drinking more water to more extensive lifestyle overhauls like starting to exercise, there are plenty […]
60103 – 100 words
60103 Smaller, squarish, going nowhere soon, The Flying Scotsman pants and gasps burping steam. Wednesday afternoon commuters interrupt bad-tempered waiting – We are sorry to announce… (They aren’t, you know) – to smile and photograph. You’ll never guess… Passengers peer past the 15.36 Pendolino to the 1923 A-class locomotive, gleaming, glossy, the world’s most famous […]
Flowers, for me? 100 words
Flowers, for me? Oh, how lovely, I’ll get a vase Optimistic tulips on juicy stalks Peach-skin roses and irises with perky up-dos One-eyed narcissi and peony pompoms Don’t forget to change the water Well-behaved calendula and carnations calling for clean white linen Kindly stocks play an overture Oh, how lovely! They’re lasting well Painstaking tissue […]
Boundaries – 100 words
Boundaries Cliff edge or beach Kiosk and barrier, uniformed person attends Sign by the side of the road Gateway Garden fence Front door My end of the sofa Caller ID, click don’t answer No. Do answer and say: I’m too busy… I’m too poor… Someone booked me first… You don’t want me, I’d be rubbish… […]
A train to meet – 100 words
A train to meet The road into town is a gift of misty valleys, glinting lakes and ‘Look, there, over the station!’ ‘What? Oh, yes’ Clouds of dark swirl together, apart, together twisting grey to darkest black shape of a cobra, shape of a heart a murmuration a boomerang of birds. ‘What kind? Where do […]